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Compassionate Organizations Quiz

Does your organization foster compassion or callousness?

While we often think about compassion as an individual quality, the organizations where we spend our time—such as workplaces, schools, places of worship, and community centers—can actually impact whether and how we respond to someone in distress.

This quiz measures the level of compassion in an organization. It is based on more than 10 years of research on compassion and organizations by the research collaborative CompassionLab and the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. CompassionLab has partnered with the Greater Good Science Center to develop this quiz especially for our website.

To take the quiz, think of one organization to which you belong, and keep that organization in mind as you answer the questions. The first 16 items assess how you and others feel, think, and act when you’re in that organization. There are no right or wrong answers, so please respond as honestly as possible. The final 7 questions will help our research team see how people’s experiences of compassion in organizations relate to factors like gender, age, and the size of the organization.

When you're done, you'll get your organization’s compassion score, along with ideas for cultivating compassion in the organization.

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1. When I see that someone in my organization is hurting in some way, I feel comfortable offering assistance or help.

When I see that someone in my organization is hurting in some way, I feel comfortable offering assistance or help.

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

2. In my organization, people are expected to leave their emotions at the door and not share their troubles.

In my organization, people are expected to leave their emotions at the door and not share their troubles.

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

3. When someone is in need, my organization uses its communication channels, such as an internal newsletter or email update, to notify members of ways we can help and support that person.

When someone is in need, my organization uses its communication channels, such as an internal newsletter or email update, to notify members of ways we can help and support that person.

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

4. The leaders in my organization take time to talk and listen to people who are having a hard time.

The leaders in my organization take time to talk and listen to people who are having a hard time.